tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post2495614477941378261..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Three avant-garde shortsEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-60382668225928460262009-12-01T17:52:00.794-05:002009-12-01T17:52:00.794-05:00he Cool World and The Connection are equally famou...<i>he Cool World</i> and <i>The Connection</i> are equally famous, and I wish her last feature <i>Ornette: Mde in America</i> was better-known. In fact I wish Shirley was better-known. She was an original talent anda marvelous person.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-36011357971265665772009-12-01T14:04:17.599-05:002009-12-01T14:04:17.599-05:00Thanks, Jeffery. I too love city symphonies.Thanks, Jeffery. I too love city symphonies.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-15347950776876334592009-12-01T13:58:13.901-05:002009-12-01T13:58:13.901-05:00I love when artists capture the city in unusual wa...I love when artists capture the city in unusual ways. Thanks for the review.MrJefferyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657422824565425948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-79802813132778228612009-12-01T13:14:27.339-05:002009-12-01T13:14:27.339-05:00Portrait of Jason is fantastic, obviously, just a ...<i>Portrait of Jason</i> is fantastic, obviously, just a devastating character study. In comparison, this film is just a small formalist exercise, interesting enough but that's about it. Worth seeing, though. <br /><br />All three of these films, incidentally, are from the DVD set <i>Treasures IV</i>, which collects 2 discs worth of avant-garde shorts. I love that selections of this kind of Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-79030939772989380352009-12-01T12:55:10.172-05:002009-12-01T12:55:10.172-05:00I own the Second Run DVD of Shirley Clarke's m...I own the Second Run DVD of Shirley Clarke's most famous film, PORTRAIT OF JASON, a penetrating extended interview with a black homosexual. I know Frederick Wiseman produced the film before this too, and that Clarke was affiliate with the likes of Stan Brakhage and Maya Deren. But no, I have not seen the film you review here so magnificently, though it won't require much of a time Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com